Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is about to break years of fiscal stringency to counter the erosion of the transatlantic ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

Germany’s chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz, has said he will reach out to France and Britain to discuss the sharing of ...

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We simply must become stronger together in nuclear deterrence in Europe,' Merz, expected to become Germany's next chancellor, ...

In a recent interview with Euronews ... especially in light of recent international developments. "Friedrich Merz has been an ‘Atlanticist,’ he’s a pro-American. In fact, in his professional ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Sunday said ... climate protection measures (in those packages),” Merz said in the radio interview. In a position paper, Green Party ministers ...

"We will integrate climate protection measures (in those packages)," Merz said in the radio interview. In a position paper, Green Party ministers said they wanted to see a bigger proportion of ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz on Sunday (March 5 ... and risking a historic rupture with Europe. In Sunday’s interview, Mr. Merz stressed however that any discussions in Europe would take place ...

8. He’d like to visit… Tibet? Finally, among rather thin pickings in popular reporting on Merz’s hobbies, a softball interview last summer told us he likes modern classical music and ...

Friedrich Merz arrived at the Chancellery in Berlin ... On Monday night, SPD co-chair Lars Klingbeil gave an interview to public broadcaster ZDF where he made it clear what the CDU is up against.